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You missed my point entirely. A baby is born without knowledge of evil. As you say, it has no knowledge of good either. However, as it develops its intellect / appreciation of the world, there is NO requirement to know about evil in order to appreciate what is good.Originally Posted by Stewart
If you shower that baby with love, it will respond to that love. It will flourish. If the baby was able to grow to adulthood without seeing any jealousy, hate, envy, pride etc, would it be flawed itself? Would it have to know about such negatives in order to be a 'good' person?
not at all. Love / goodness is sufficient on its own.
well, you're wrong. Christianity is a special case.There are many Gods worshiped by peoples, your God isn't a special case. You believe as blindly in one specific set of absurd claims, as a Hindu does in theirs. Maybe it’s not your God I need to accept to be saved, but Ganesha, or Maya, or Ram, or Shiva, or Vishnu.
1) it's the only religion that is not about man's pursuit of the divine, but instead about God in pursuit of man
2) it's the only religion that has a leader that claimed to be God himself.
3) it's the only religion that offers free redemption from sin
4) it's essential focus is love. The other religions are NOT about that, other than Judaism insofar as it shares a common Bible with Christianity.
5) it's the only religion where the deity himself subjects himself to the whims of His creation, out of love for His creation.
as above, the essential issue is the love of God to His creation, not the other way around.Hindus have faith in their Gods, as you have faith in yours. Is the love you show your God any different to theirs?
we all have faith, but we are not all in the same boat. I personally do NOT know of any adult Christian, ie someone who has accepted Christ consciously into their heart, who did so purely out of faith. None. Nudder.You have accepted the Christian God into your life, well done. You've bought a lottery ticket; maybe you picked the right one, maybe not. You have faith that your way is the right way; Muslims have faith, Hindus have faith, all religious people have faith.
Many of you, especially the atheists, assume Christians live in blind hope that what they believe to be true, is true. That we have leapt blindly into a void.
Well, that is mistaken. As I've said ad nauseam in other threads, there is a relationship. There is 2-way communication. There is solid, tangible evidence for the individual to substantiate the relationship.
Of course, a non-believer can casually dismiss such claims, but that does not make the non-believer right. The non-believer is ASSUMING.
Do they really claim the same? really? Especially, do they know the forgiveness of their sin? Have they felt the weight lift? Hmmm..............Now, as your God is real and all these other Gods are not (obviously...) you can speak to your God, he can speak to you, you can find strength in him, etc. When you claim these things you are just telling it like it is, but when people of other faiths claim the same, they are deluded?
To simply believe that one's sin is forgiven does not MAKE one forgiven. I could believe my brother has forgiven me for throwing a brick at his head - that does not bring me peace in my heart that I am forgiven. Only his act of forgiveness does.
I believe that they are sincere.What’s you thoughts on deeply religious peoples of other faiths, and their relationships with their Gods? Do you see it as some sort of mass delusion? Or is their faith blind and they are just believing what they have been told is the truth? Brainwashed, if you like.
I do not believe their sins are forgiven, and nor do they (IME) claim that either.
Remember, other faiths are about people pursuing the divine / absolution / meaning. What they choose to believe is up to them. Many people believed the earth was flat for thousands of years; that did not make them right.
As to who is speaking to them, when they claim to 'hear' from their god/s, I will make no assertions.
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